Our Family Dream

About a year and a half ago, my hubby and I were quite burned out. My husbands ministry job involved working with youth. While it was a JOY to serve in this way, we found ourselves drained over the constant brokenness of families and children. Soooo many hurts to counsel and pray for. During those years we also had a few hardships in our family, too. I was ill after each child I gave birth to; the third one being cancer. We went through many trials (and blessings) with a foster son. My husband completed his Masters degree while working full time and being a husband and father. Like so many others, our church had to downsize in staffing which resulted in even more responsibility for my husband. All that mixed together led us to burnout, only it took a little while to recognize that we were not really engaged with life.

So, we found ourselves praying, as we have each year in ministry, for God’s calling in ministry for the next year. It was the FIRST time in 16 years that my husband heard that our time was up. That brought on a bit of fear, nervousness and….excitement. Because at the same time, we had discovered a spark of dreaming again to the possibilities of how God could use us. You know what that was?? RVing. Yep. Like in a 5th wheel.

This is a picture of our truck and trailer from last summer. We went camping two or three times a year. We will need a much bigger rig to full-time in so we sold this combo.

Here is a picture of our new 5th Wheel. It’s a 35 ft Jayco with 3 slides and it is perfect for us!

We discovered we both had a passion to minimize our stuff, our life, our distractions and explore together as a family the US. Our boys are growing up. Like too fast! My oldest is 15 and every time I realize how short our time is with him until he leaves for college, my heart stops. It is our hearts desire to create a whole year with our kids, learning American History, serving, loving and learning about people, and most of all enjoying our family. This will be a time for us to ‘fill our empty tanks’ and soak in each other, our Lord, family and friends around the country and hear where God directs us next.

Our projected leave date is July 5, 2012 and our hope is to travel for one year.

{We are currently on the road! You can stay in touch through our facebook page, WEERV}

Right now, we are called to be husband and wife, mom and dad. We are so grateful for this opportunity to live a Dream most people only ..well…dream about.

What about you? Are you living your dream? Do you have any dreams that you have put aside? Or maybe, like us, you don’t even know if you have any dreams anymore? Let me know in the comments below.

How exciting for you guys! I feel like you just touched on the subject, when as a reader, there is so much more I want to know! How did you save up? What do you plan to do for income? Will you need to work while away? What are your plans? Where are you going first? Etc., Etc. Etc! 🙂 how exciting for you guys! Congratulations on taking the leap of faith!

I LOVE THIS!
And you are doing it while you are young.
When our daughter graduates high school and/or goes to college we plan on selling EVERYTHING and do that for at least a year, if not more.
Winters in the southern states and summer in the northern states.
I pray this dream comes true for us.
Enjoy and be safe in your travels!